- It is 1630, and a devastating plague has descended upon the city of Milan. Guglielmo Piazza and Giacomo Mora are depicted as two city's artisans (really only Mora, a barber, was an artisan while Piazza was a sanity officer). One day a woman accuses Piazza of being an untore (i.e. a greaser): a spreader of disease by an…
- Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, Saul's conversion, the decision to baptize pagans, and the Apostles' dispersal. In the second half, an aged Peter goes to…
- 维多利奥广场地区是罗马市各种人群混居的地带,形形色色的租户居住在古旧的翁贝尔蒂诺大楼内。国籍、文化、地域、信仰以及生活方式的差异,使得他们之间的矛盾日渐明显,加深了相互间的误解和不信任。一件死亡事件使得隐藏在平静表面的冲突立刻呈现,相互怀疑,相互指责,每个人都用自己的想法给侦查警员分析着谁是凶手,只有真正的目击者-电梯…
- The Big Racket benefits immensely from a strong leading performance courtesy of Fabio Testi (star of What Have They Done to Solange). Testi's portrayal of the angry police officer is perfectly judged to fit the movie, and I don't think there is an actor who could be better suited to playing the lead in this movie. He h…
- Five film students are producing a documentary about the local zoo when suddenly the animals go berserk: The reason is a light ball flying by in the sky and crashing at the horizon. Convinced that they've just witnessed a meteor landing the students follow the trajectory to document the event with their camera. In a fo…